What matters to these undecided voters 50 days before the presidential election

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• Lisa Desjardins:

  Less than two months until the election, and we can hear the candidates' voices nearly every day. But what about voters? Since June, the NewsHour has followed a group of undecided voters from across the country and across the political spectrum. In our latest installment of The Deciders series, we found some movement and a lot of thoughts.

• Steven Beck:

  Madison, Alabama: My name is Steven Beck, and I'm from Madison, Alabama. In past election cycles, I have not been undecided. This would probably be the first time I've been truly undecided, especially this late in the game.

• Jessica Dalton, Salt Lake City, Utah:

  My name is Jessica Dalton. I'm from Salt Lake City, Utah. Undecided I think is too vague of a term. I've always been open to listen to what each candidate has to offer, and making my decision based on who the candidate is, rather than what the party is offering.

• Zach Horn, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania:

  I'm Zach Horn, and I'm 35 years old, based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. I'm one of those voters that does wait to the last second. I remember my even back to like 2008 and 2012 and '16. I always wake up on election day and make that choice, because there's a lot of things that can happen between now and November.

• Stephen Stone, New York:

  My name is Stephen Stone. I'm in Brooklyn. I have to choose between Kamala, which is now voting for the President in this election.

• Robert Lilly, Wickenburg, Arizona:

  I'm Robert Lilly. I'm from Wickenburg, Arizona. I typically don't decide, and for sure, I'm not 100 percent until election time.

• Anna Flores, Phoenix, Arizona:

  My name is Anna, and I live in the suburb of Phoenix, Arizona,. Before the debate, I was already against Trump. That's not happening. I don't trust either them as commander in chief or even as necessarily head of government.

• Steven Beck:

  I would say that neither lived up to my expectations. One of the things that I had difficulty with throughout the entire debate was the lack of specifics.

• Stephen Stone:

  It seems like a race to the bottom. More than anything, it's not about anybody having any sort of real ideology and the concerns of the majority of American people at heart, it's all very much about just being better than your competitor.

• Zach Horn:

  She went in for the handshake, actually meant something to me. I think civility is going to be the number one thing. We have to get back to that before we can get back to anything else.

• Jessica Dalton:

  What was interesting and not surprising from Donald Trump as to how easily he was baited into getting his ego hurt.

• Robert Lilly:

  There's just too many lies told by Kamala Harris in the debate, and I expect that to go on.

• Zach Horn:

  She did a fantastic job during that debate. I thought there was some policy depth that was offered. I did feel, when I was watching it, that they did question him more than they questioned her on some things.

• Anna Flores:

  I expected them to say. What they said there, what I would have appreciated additional specifics. I'm sure that in the coming months I'll be able to do some more additional research. I'll take some time to look and examine that more closely.

• Jessica Dalton:

  After watching Harris come into the debate and how she handled herself, there's no question in my mind that I will be voting for Harris and Walz.

• Stephen Stone:

  I'm holding out hope and believing that potentially, some of these other movements, these leftist movements, again, the Green Party to move for more left as opposed to the right. It does not feel good. At best, I would be holding my notes to vote for Kamala.

• Steven Beck:

  Not knowing enough about her is part of the indecisiveness as far as who I'm going to vote for at this point.

• Robert Lilly:

  Donald Trump, I see as just a much lesser of two evils, and — so that's the man I had to vote for.

• Stephen Stone:

  These are not easy decisions to make. They touch on so many aspects of our lives, and they don't just affect us individually. They affect us globally.

• Jessica Dalton:

  Leading up to election day, I'm looking forward to Vice President Harris and Governor Walz speaking more to their economic policies, specifically their small business initiatives. I think those are very important, as well as childcare. I think those go hand in hand and their stance on women's healthcare.

• Stephen Stone:

  I wish I could vote for my values in this election. I'll still be voting, because there's a lot of down ballot votes that are important to me, as there should be to everyone.

• Jessica Dalton:

  Not voting is never an option. That is my privilege as an American citizen. People have laid down their lives for that, and I will vote in every election that I'm asked to vote in.

• Zach Horn:

  As divisive as it is, I still think that I still have, like this belief that we're going to be okay and that we're going to do the right thing and that things are going to be all right.